Ecotourism was an idea developed in the 70’s and 80’s as a manner to make use of tourism to encourage conservation and promote the well-being of native communities. Though ecotourism is meant to be a extra environmentally pleasant different, in apply it isn’t as simple. Studies present that in some instances, ecotourism efforts can flop. These failures are sometimes the results of areas that entice too many vacationers, and in some instances based mostly on a scarcity of “charismatic” animal species. In this episode of Mongabay Explains, we have a look at what makes an ecotourism challenge a hit, and when that may flip right into a failure.
Read extra: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/from-a-new-bird-to-a-new-community-reserve-indias-tribe-sets-example/
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